Articles
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Higher Education
Putting the ‘boom’ in Boomer
The controversial book “How to Blow Up a Pipeline” is required reading in an OU English course this semester. The book's author has acknowledged that pipeline violence could cause deaths.Jonathan Small | April 16, 2024
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Higher Education
OCPA calls for higher-ed scrutiny after assigned terrorism book
OCPA President Jonathan Small today called for more rigorous scrutiny of state spending on colleges after learning an OU course requires students to read a book advocating terrorism.Staff | March 28, 2024
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Higher Education
‘How to Blow Up a Pipeline’ is required reading in OU class
The controversial book “How to Blow Up a Pipeline,” which encourages environmental activists to engage in acts of violent sabotage, is one of the required readings in an OU course this semester.Ray Carter | March 28, 2024
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Higher Education
OU, state mental-health agency tout ‘pregnant people’
Oklahoma’s “mental health” department went to great lengths to avoid referencing the existence of “women” or “mothers”—instead touting “pregnant people,” “individuals who are pregnant,” and “pregnant and parenting people.”Ray Carter | March 20, 2024
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Higher Education
OSU students can be disciplined for ‘incorrect pronoun usage’
Some of OSU’s policies are sadly typical of the campus insanity seen nationwide.Jonathan Small | February 26, 2024
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Higher Education
To address colleges’ failure, new Oklahoma workforce effort advances
Frustrated with a state college system that produces degree-holders in fields that are in low demand even as higher-paying jobs go unfilled, Oklahoma state senators have opted to do an end-run around the college system.Ray Carter | February 20, 2024
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Higher Education, Law & Principles
OCPA praises court for protecting students from OSU retaliation
OCPA President Jonathan Small praised an order from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit that preserves the right of students to challenge the constitutionality of Oklahoma State University policies without being identified by name.Staff | February 12, 2024
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Higher Education, Law & Principles
Court order protects students from OSU retaliation
OSU argued that students should be forced to reveal their identities if they challenge the university’s policies on free speech. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit disagreed, siding with the students.Ray Carter | February 9, 2024
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Higher Education
False: Frontier’s phony fact checks
As leftist bias and technological change wreak havoc on traditional journalism, some activist scribes have found a new model. One Oklahoma-based website hides behind preposterous claims of journalistic ethics to mask its own objectives. No wonder trust in the media continues to plummet.Trent England | January 26, 2024
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Higher Education
Will universities give the land back?
If these virtue-signalers are serious, they will work to make “land acknowledgement” statements legally binding offers. Give the land back to the tribes (or to the tribes from whom those tribes took it).Jonathan Small | January 15, 2024